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The Mill Barn Mill Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7JW

DC/23/1733/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 8 February 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder planning application - a. relocation of entrance b. part single storey, part two storey front extension c. single storey front extension linking studio and house following demolition of corrugated roof and lean to extension

Received
23 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
Agent
Beech Architects
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Mill Barn Mill Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7JW. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB8 7JW
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2023
Consultation expiry
8 December 2023
Consultation start
9 November 2023
Consultation end
30 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2023
Target decision date
7 January 2024
Permission expires
8 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Beech Architects
Architect profile
BEECH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Church Farm Barn The Street Thorndon IP23 7JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 December 2023
Site notice start
14 November 2023
Site notice end
5 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12541383
Documents
19
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: ExningPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Suffolk

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